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View Poll Results: Barrier fix mid-age warranted?

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Yes. It is overpowered to an unreasonable level and affecting the landscape of the age.

521.74%

Maybe. I mean, the devs properly estimated the effect of the bonuses, right?

14.35%

No. Yours is the only kingdom experiencing such difficulty. Just use it yourself whiner!

the target provinces have to have guilds to have success and duration I believe. But besides that I don't think pally spells were intended to be easy nor should they be.

The devs insist it's WPA vs WPA for success, and target Guild% for duration. Because why not require this much for simple support spells? And why shouldn't Paladin spells be easy? Okay, forget easy. How about easIER than offensive spells? You can more readily damage an enemy effectively than support an ally effectively, which seems backwards. Why take a personality's only meaningful bonus and make it unreasonably difficult to succeed with?

The devs insist it's WPA vs WPA for success, and target Guild% for duration. Because why not require this much for simple support spells? And why shouldn't Paladin spells be easy? Okay, forget easy. How about easIER than offensive spells? You can more readily damage an enemy effectively than support an ally effectively, which seems backwards. Why take a personality's only meaningful bonus and make it unreasonably difficult to succeed with?

it should definitely be harder to cast self spells onto someone else than to cast them onto yourself. You just got done saying offensive spells are too hard, now you are saying they are easier than pally spells. There is nothing easy about magic, it's hard, try it at home and you'll see.

I know the wiki doesn't say it anymore but my gut tells me that guilds are still always a factor for spell success even for offensive spells. It used to be included in the wiki for mod wpa calculations.

It's starting to get ridiculous. Is it the most used ritual by far? Seems like they're everywhere you look. The DME/gains bonus is not a noticeable issue, but 25% WPA and TPA on defense is getting unreasonable. You're giving every province in a kingdom almost full Elf magic defense and Halfling thief defense. In my kingdom, we've got Mystics failing Fireballs on targets that have been massacred thrice already and throwing up their arms in frustration. The whole thing seems surreal and that's even with just an 80% Barrier; we didn't even bother casting when it was stronger. Is this the common experience? If so... why does this exist in the game?

Thanks for not blaming me for my deeds of the past. I was simply uninformed and did not take into account the majority of people in utopia who actually like the new changes. But I understand now that this was a selfish act. Mechanics are great this age.